The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "The Return of Martin Guerre" by Natalie Zamon Davis. Specifically, it will discuss the life of the peasant during the Middle Ages. This book is a fascinating account of a true case that happened during the 16th century in France. The book is also an excellent example of how the peasants lived in the Middle Ages, from what they ate, to how they traveled and what their family lives were like.
This book shows that life in the Middle Ages was difficult and demanding, but it seems a little bit peaceful and serene, too. The main occupations were farming and raising sheep or goats, and there were tradesman in the villages who worked for a…show more content…

Davis writes, "First a world where organizational structure and public identity were associated exclusively with males" (Davis 29). The women worked in the fields, helped raise the livestock, served as midwives, cooked and baked. They were essential to everyday life in the peasant world, but they held no rights or privileges. The only women that really rose up in society were the widows, who could earn the respect of others and wield "informal power" (Davis 31).
Armand Du Tilh was able to get away with his deception for several reasons. First, he resembled Guerre enough that people mistook him for the missing man (Davis 39). Next, he learned all he could about the missing man so that he could fool Martin's family into believing he was actually Guerre. Davis writes, "He informed himself as cunningly as he could about Martin Guerre, his situation, his family, and the things he used to say and do" (Davis 39). He also grew a beard to hide any differences in his face, and took great pains to learn the villagers' names and how he interacted with them when he had lived in the village before. In short, he learned every detail about Martin Guerre's life, and convinced people he was Martin because of all the details he seemed to "recall" about his prior life. Davis believes that he was accepted because people wanted him to come back for all those years, and that he came "announced" as Martin Guerre, and so people wanted to believe it was true (Davis

Related

Server Virtualization: A Method to Maximize Return on Investment
Definition of Server Virtualization
Server virtualization is an environment in which there is one physical server and there is software running, called a hypervisor, which allows several independent instances of operating systems (i.e. virtual machines) to run simultaneously. Ou (2006) states the server virtualization is the best solution for “applications that are meant for small- to medium-scale usage.” If implemented properly….

closing Case Martin's Textiles
August 12, 1992, was a really bad day for John Martin. That was the day Canada, Mexico, and the United States announced an agreement in principle to form the North American Free Trade Agreement. Under the plan, all tariffs between the three countries would be eliminated within the next 10 to 15 years, with most being cut in 5 years. What disturbed John most was the plan's provision that all tariffs on trade of textiles among the three countries were to be removed within….

A Financial Analysis of Lockheed Martin Corporation
Colby Scott
LeTourneau University
A Financial Analysis of Lockheed Martin corporation
The world of finance in today’s market is one of numerous ups and downs. With the global economy in constant flux, it is more important than every for companies to examine their financial status and compare their position to that of the relative market as well as their fellow competitors. In order to better understand the ways….

Robin Martin-Jones 1
Robin Martin-Jones Final Analysis
Robin Martin-Jones 2
Description
In pursuing a career in financial services Robin Martin-Jones went on to start with a fortune 500
company after graduation. Her decision to join a larger firm seems to be motivated by the following, it
would offer many opportunities in the way of career advancement. It subsequently leads to Robin being
selected to continue in her studies….

productivity of the sheet metal workers. Fully explain your alternative in terms of production theory.
This scenario where adding more workers or employees results in a diminished productivity is a classic example of the principle of diminishing marginal returns to a variable input. The concept, as discussed by Thomas and Maurice on page 296 states that the law of diminishing marginal product is “the principle that as the number of units of the variable input increases other inputs held constant, a point….

Lockheed Martin how the company should prepare for the loss of its most important customer.
The following is a summary of the challenges and issues facing Lockheed Martin Corporation as the company and Marillyn Hewson, the CEO, face cuts to their revenue by the United States Department of Defense, which accounts for 83% of their total revenue. Their challenge is to maintain the profitability and integrity of the company. This report will discuss the three key issues facing Lockheed Martin, which….

MESRA, RANCHI.(2008-11)
VIKASH KUMAR DUBEY BBA, BIT MESRA, RANCHI.(2008- 11)
DECLARATION CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the work presented in the project entitled “SALES PROCEDURES AND LOGISTICS OF USHA MARTIN” in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION of Birla Institute Of Technology Mesra,Ranchi is an authentic work carried out under my supervision and guidance .….

Organizational Behavior and Development
Case Study
Starbucks Returns to Its Roots
Submission date: 9-12-2013
1. Whenever a company grows that rapidly as Starbucks did, from starting with 11 stores in 1987 to 7,000 stores nowadays, a lot of factors change. First of all, a major factor that changes when a company grows that rapidly is the organizational structure of the company. This can be especially true when the organization begins to expand to other geographic….

Martin Luther King’s policy of peaceful protest was important because it led to public sympathy of the way black Americans were treated by white Americans an example of this would be the Birmingham campaign (1963), Kennedy said he was sickened by the images of violence and the soviet media used 1/5 of their time to broadcast on it. Other campaigns that where peaceful and effective which were set up or supported by king include The Selma campaign, Montgomery Bus Boycott, the march on Washington, the….